I SAID GOODBYE TO OLD KEYS

I said goodbye to old keys,
faded welcome mats, too—
chipped porcelain, torn feelings,
and fragmented dreams.
I said goodbye to past things
that were no longer true:
Bad connections,
warped reflections,
and high expectations
I couldn't hold to.
I said goodbye to old pain,
bitter tears and dull varnish;
so long, wishes that waned
or got covered with tarnish.
I said goodbye to old keys
that open doors obsolete—
'bye to staying too long
when it's better to leave.
And goodbye to the
land of fabricated ideals,
—goodbye make-believe.
Hello, what is real.
Goodbye, over-thinking.
Hello, let it be.
I said, hello cloudless mind,
rolling hills and new scenes. -Susan Frybort, Look to the Clearing